Joan Ellis
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Movie review: Joker
Joker — Running Time: 2:02 — Rating: R If “Joker” had been made by ordinary people, it would have been dismissed as an overdone dive into violence. Instead,…
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Movie review: Frankie
Frankie — Running Time: 1:46 — Rating: PG-13 Please don’t skip “Frankie,” and be sure to go when you feel peaceful enough to see a quiet and lovely…
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Movie review: Judy
Judy — Running Time: 1:38 — Rating: PG-13 “There’s only one of her.” So says a friend of Judy Garland in the new film “Judy.” That comment summons…
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Movie review: Official Secrets
Official Secrets — Running Time: 1:42 — Rating: R What is the role of an unimportant person who knows the truth of lies told by important people? “Official…
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Movie review: Brittany Runs a Marathon
Brittany Runs a Marathon — Running Time: 1:44 — Rating: R At some moment when you need a touch of cheer, try “Brittany Runs a Marathon.” This comedy…
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Movie review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Peanut Butter Falcon — Running Time : 1:37 — Rating: PG-13 The Peanut Butter Falcon offers a complex movie experience. Some of you will be thoroughly absorbed…
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Movie review: Blinded by the Light
Blinded By the Light — Running Time: 1:58 — Rating: PG-13 “Blinded By the Light” opens in the 1980s and introduces us to Jared (Viveik Kalra), a young…
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Movie review: After the wedding
After the Wedding — Running Time: 1:50 — Rating: PG-13 “After the Wedding” unfurls gradually as it introduces us to locations and characters. A salute to writer Susan…
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Movie Review: Monmouth Film Festival 2019
This year’s Monmouth Film Festival — an international film festival in Red Bank, N.J. — opened with two complex films that kicked off the annual weekend celebration created…
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Movie review: The Farewell
“The Farewell” is a grand mixture of cultures, a deeply caring family, and a group of fine actors who are introduced quickly and with clarity. Writer/Director Lulu Wang…
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Movie review: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood — Running Time: 2:41 — Rating: R 1969 was a key year in the slippage of power from old Hollywood to the…
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Movie review: Wild Rose
Wild Rose — Running Time: 1:41 — Rating: R How can a young woman capture us with an impossible dream? “Wild Rose” does just that by joining the…
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Movie review: Pavarotti
Pavarotti — Running Time: 1:26 — Rating: G A mild warning about the wonderful “Pavarotti.” Those of you who are genuine opera lovers may find it borders on…
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Movie review: Yesterday
Yesterday— Running Time: 1:56 — Rating: PG-13 Any summary of “Yesterday” would miss its magic. Don’t look for the good, the mediocre or the bad in this one.…
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Movie review: Maiden
Maiden — Running Time : 1:37 — Rating: PG It is easy to tell you that “Maiden” is about the first all-woman crew in the in the round-the-world sailing…
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Movie review: Apollo 11
Apollo 11 — Running Time: 1:33 — Rating: G Watching an American crew landing on the moon 50 years ago stirred a complex mix of emotions in those…